GOP Rep. Steve King really doesn't like diversity

Rep. Steve King.
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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) took to Twitter on Friday to rail against the scourge of multiculturalism:

This isn't the first time King has tweeted in support of Orban, either. Last month, Orban's statement that "a nation which expects its biological survival from immigrants won't survive" was highlighted by the white nationalist group Defend Europa on Twitter — and subsequently retweeted by King, who called Orban's statement "an axiom of history and of humanity."

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In 2013, King said, "There isn't anyone that can fairly characterize me as anti-immigrant."

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Kelly O'Meara Morales is a staff writer at The Week. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and studied Middle Eastern history and nonfiction writing amongst other esoteric subjects. When not compulsively checking Twitter, he writes and records music, subsists on tacos, and watches basketball.